Famous Baseball Sites in Matsuyama

This year marks 150 years since baseball was introduced from the US to Japan. In commemoration, the 150 most famous and sacred spots were certified by Japanese baseball-related organizations including the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization …

Hospitality to the Muslims in Dogo

To increase the number of Muslim tourists, the Dogo Onsen Ryokan Cooperative held a workshop on halal food, which is acceptable according to Muslim law.

It was held at a hotel in Dogo, Matsuyama, …

Outdoor Pool at Aqua-Palette to Open

　Matsuyama city announced that the outdoor pool at Aqua-Palette, the municipal pool, opened from June 18 to September 11 this summer, although the number of people allowed to use it at one time is …

Annual Summer Events Revived

On May 17, the Matsuyama Central Shopping District Association announced that it decided to hold the summer night market on Saturdays called doyō-yoichi, four times this year from July 2 to 23. Due to the …

Scientists’ Epoch-Making Research

A group of scientists, including Professor Kanagawa from the Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University, announced that they succeeded in treating a test mouse with a type of muscular dystrophy.

They said it is a milestone for …

Concern about Russians in Japan

As the Russian army continues to invade Ukraine, some Russians in Japan have been subjected to hate speech. The chairman of Nankai Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Mr. Tanaka, is worried about this trend.

He is the …

The Most On-Time Small Airport – Matsuyama Airport

Matsuyama Airport Terminal Building Co., Ltd. announced that they were named the most on-time small airport in the world in 2021 by CIRIUM, a British aviation data analysis company. This research has …

Matsuyama Baseball Dance PR Video

The Matsuyama Festival Executive Committee recently produced a “Baseball Dance” PR video of a new version of the traditional local dance called Yakyuken Odori. The new version was released last summer in an attempt to …

An Ehime Citizen Goes to Space

Maezawa Yusaku aged 46, the founder of ZOZO, a major clothing store, set off to space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Russian Soyuz spaceship on December 8, 2021. He will stay …

Private PCR Test Center Opens

A private PCR test center for Covid-19, where people can get the result on the day of the test, opened on November 12 in Miyata-chou, Matsuyama City. The Setolabo Laboratory (Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture), which …

A Haiku Poet’s Life to Be Introduced to The World in English

Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) was a free-verse haiku poet who lived in a hut called One-grass Hut in Matsuyama for the last 10 months of his life.

His life …

Paralympians from Ehime and its Partner Mozambique

Four athletes from Ehime participated in the Tokyo Paralympics. Naohide Yamaguchi, mentally challenged, got a gold medal breaking his own world record in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke. This is Ehime’s first Paralympic gold …

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